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Ah, yes. The music. As popular as the movie was and as much as women loved Patrick Swayze, the driving force was the music. The soundtrack was an unlikely blockbuster. In the mid-'80s, soundtracks to Flashdance, Footloose, and Top Gun became huge sellers on the strength of well-crafted pop songs by known commodities. Each album mustered a couple top ten hits and at least one #1 each and then peppered the album with filler.
Dirty Dancing opted for new songs by artists with decades-old hits. Eric Carmen ("Hungry Eyes") hit #2 in 1975 with "All By Myself" while Bill Medley ("I've Had the Time of My Life") had huge hits as part of the Righteous Brothers duo in the 1960s ("You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'", "You're My Soul and Inspiration", "Unchained Melody"). The best known commodity was Medley's duet partner, Jennifer Warnes, who had topped the charts in 1982 with "Up Where We Belong," a duet with Joe Cocker from the movie An Officer and a Gentleman. Sure, she'd had a #1 hit, but who would've gambled that she had any more hits in her?
On top of that, the album sprinkled in well known hits from the '50s and '60s, which certainly fit the setting of the movie, but didn't seem like a winning formula for a successful soundtrack. Somehow, though, it worked – primarily because these are well-done slices of pop music from the present and the past that, unlike many soundtracks, often tie in well with scenes in the movie. "While this may not be 'the time of your life,' as the album cover advertises, it is a fun collection." TH Hey, it's hard to beat going to a movie with five women who want to dance in the aisles because of the music.
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VCU opens the season at the Richmond Invitational in Mechanicsville, Va. on Sept. 6, before racing in Richmond in the Virginia Union meet on Sept. 19.
The Black and Gold head to Williamsburg, Va. for the William & Mary Invitational on Sept. 21. The Rams head to Pennsylvania for the Paul Short Invitational hosted by Lehigh University on Oct. 5. VCU concludes the regular season on Oct. 19 at the Christopher Newport Invitational.
The University of Richmond is hosting the 2013 Atlantic 10 Cross Country Championship. The meet will be held at Pole Green Park in Mechanicsville, Va. on Nov. 2.


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He was very pleased with the results.
Kingsbury defeated Canadian teammate Alex Bilodeau for the world moguls title Wednesday, while Justine Dufour-Lapointe took bronze in women's competition.
Kingsbury, the reigning World Cup champion and season leader from Deux Montagnes, Que., posted a dominant score of 27.59 in his final run. He said it might have been the highest score of his career.
His winning run included a double twisting back flip off the top jump and a cork 1080 — or triple twisting off-axis trick — off the second.
"It was the first time I did the cork 1080," Kingsbury said. "Usually I do a back double full (a straight back flip with two twists) and a 720 and today I did a back double full and a cork 1080 which were the biggest tricks of the competition.
"I'm pretty confident to do it pretty much everywhere, so it's pretty good to have that in my back pocket."
Bilodeau, the Vancouver Olympic champion from Rosemere, Que., and world champion in 2011, finished second with a score of 26.95.
"It's very hard for me today," Bilodeau said. "I know the skiing I delivered. I've seen it on video. It wasn't enough for the judges today, they didn't think I was the top skier and it's all in their hands.
"The only thing I can say is congratulations to Mik."
Patrick Deneen of the United States, the 2009 world champ, took third.
Kingsbury said he didn't feel any pressure to unveil the new jumps with Bilodeau threatening to knock him off the top of the podium.
"I didn't put too much pressure on myself," he said. "I was kind of in the driver's seat. The other guys had to make mistakes to come to get me and that worked well for me."
Philippe Marquis of Quebec City was 15th and Marc-Antoine Gagnon of Terrebonne, Que., finished 17th.
In women's competition, American Hannah Kearney topped a good first run with a stellar second effort worth 26.70 points for the women's title. She's the reigning Olympic and World Cup moguls champion and season leader.
Miki Ito of Japan was second with 24.92 points and Montreal's Dufour-Lapointe was third with 23.48. Both had better performances in the first round setting up the final six skiers.
Dufour-Lapointe, 18, fell in the first round of Tuesday's eliminations, but was saved by a new world championship format that gave everyone in the field who finished lower than 10th position a second chance to earn a spot in the 18-woman finals.
"It was not easy," she said, "And I'm so happy about my medal today, but in fact it's not the medal so much as the path that I took to get it. The path was tough but I made it."
Montreal's Chloe Dufour-Lapointe finished eighth, Audrey Robichaud of Quebec City was 11th and rookie Andi Naude of Penticton, B.C. ended up 12th.
Both Bilodeau and Justine Dufour-Lapointe earned provisional nominations to Canada's 2014 Olympic team. Kingsbury has already met the Olympic qualifying criteria.


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The Lansing City Council Thursday seemed to agree in a work session that a request for proposals for a new comprehensive plan was ready to be sent to bidders.
The Lansing City Council Thursday seemed to agree in a work session that a request for proposals for a new comprehensive plan was ready to be sent to bidders.
The new plan will be the first for the city since the current one was adopted 12 years ago. According to John Jacobson, the city's community development superintendent, a lot has changed since then. Discussions of housing in the former plan focused on single-family residences, though Jacobson said since then the city has seen more and more multi-family housing with duplexes and apartments, as well as more senior and assisted living facilities. The city has to decide with this new plan, he said, how to handle those types of developments and where they should be located in terms of zoning, among other factors.
"There's a number of items like that that have to be addressed in a long-term plan," he said. "For example, you'll see economic development on this, which was not in the last comprehensive plan."
The new document, according to the request for proposals that will be sent to potential consultants, will be written with the endpoint of 2030 in mind.
And as the council and others have noted in the past, the city will be looking for help from community members to complete the plan - there are seven different committees that will be looking at different aspects of the long-term vision for the city, like transportation, land use and public facilities. He said the city will be looking for volunteers both from among residents and business stakeholders to serve on those committees and provide input.
Councilman Tony McNeill asked if the Lansing School District was going to be involved. Jacobson said the plan was certainly to solicit input from the schools, especially with the current growth in the district, exemplified by the current plans for a new high school.
"The school will impact this comprehensive plan considerably," Jacobson said.
The RFP does cap the cost of the plan at $150,000, though Jacobson said including that amount in the solicitation was to provide a "no more than" cost.
The city's Planning Commission has already reviewed, discussed and signed off on the RFP, Jacobson said.


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Ordering Procedures for Services Requiring a Statement of Work (SOW)
The following ordering information provides a technical reference for requiring activity personnel to use in performing their duties as a Contracting Officer. Only FAR SubPart 8.4 gives us terminology appropriate for Schedule ordering.
Ordering activities must use the procedures in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 8.405-2 when ordering Schedule contract services priced at hourly rates. The applicable services will be identified in Schedule publications and contractors' Schedule price lists.
Note: Ordering activities must use the procedures in FAR 8.405-1, Ordering Procedures for Supplies, and Services Not Requiring a Statement of Work (SOW) when ordering Schedule contract supplies (products) and fixed-price services for a specific task, where a Statement of Work is not required (e.g., installation, maintenance, and repair or a well-defined, priced training class offering).
Order Procedures:
Services that require an SOW e.g., when ordering services priced at hourly rates.
Orders at or below the micro-purchase threshold:
Place the order directly with any GSA Schedule contractor that can meet the ordering activity's needs.
Orders that exceed the micro-purchase threshold but not the simplified acquisition threshold:
Prepare an SOW or PWS in accordance with FAR 8.405-2(b).
Send the RFQ (including the SOW and evaluation criteria) to at least three GSA Schedule contractors.
Note: The ordering activity should request GSA Schedule contractors to submit firm-fixed prices to perform the services identified in the SOW.
Evaluate, then make a "Best Value" determination.
Orders that exceed the simplified acquisition threshold or when establishing a BPA:
Prepare an SOW or PWS in accordance with FAR 8.405-2(b).
Prepare the RFQ (including the SOW and evaluation criteria) and post on eBuy to afford all Schedule contractors the opportunity to respond, or provide the RFQ to as many Schedule contractors as practicable, consistent with market research, to reasonably ensure that quotes are received from at least three contractors.
Note: The ordering activity should request GSA Schedule contractors to submit firm-fixed prices to perform the services identified in the SOW.
Seek price reductions. Evaluate all responses and place the order, or establish the BPA with the GSA Schedule contractor that represents the best value (refer to FAR 8.405-2(d)).
The foregoing points summarize the requirements of FAR 8.405-1.
A helpful checklist [DOC - 609 KB] assists ordering activities in managing Schedule orders successfully from the initial planning process, and the decision to use GSA Schedules through performance management. Refer to Checklist B for orders requiring an SOW. Note that the ordering agency may have supplementary guidelines that should also be followed when placing a Schedules order.
For ordering services requiring a Statement of Work, ordering activities must:
Prepare a Request for Quotation (RFQ) that includes:
- To the maximum extent practicable; agency requirements must be performance-based statements.
- All SOWs must include the work to be performed, the location of the work, the period of performance, the deliverable schedule, the applicable performance standards, and any special requirements (e.g., security clearances, travel, and special knowledge).
- A firm-fixed price order must be requested unless the ordering activity makes a determination that it is not possible at the time of placing the order to estimate accurately the extent or duration of the work, or to anticipate cost with any reasonable degree of confidence. When such a determination is made a labor-hour or time-and-materials quotation may be requested. The firm-fixed price of the order should also include any travel costs or other direct charges related to performance of the services ordered, unless the order provides for reimbursement of travel costs at the rates provided in the Federal Travel or Joint Travel Regulations. A ceiling price must be established for labor-hour and time-and-materials orders.
- At the discretion of the ordering activity's contracting officer, orders and BPAs may be set aside for the types of small businesses listed in FAR 19.000(a)(3). Market research will reveal whether or not two or more small businesses of a certain type can meet agency requirements. Refer to FAR 8.405-5. If a set aside is conducted the order must contain the appropriate clauses from the list below:
- Contracting Officers, at their discretion, may set aside orders and BPAs for small business.
- Ordering activities may consider socioeconomic status when identifying contractors for consideration or competition for award of an order or a Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA). At a minimum, ordering activities should consider, if available, at least one small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled, veteran-owned small business, HUBZone small business, women-owned small business, or small disadvantaged business Schedule contractor. GSA Advantage!® and GSA eLibrary contain information on small business representations of Schedule contractors.
Evaluate Responses and Place the Order or Establish the BPA
The ordering activity must evaluate all responses received using the evaluation criteria in the RFQ.
GSA has already determined that the hourly rates for services contained in the Schedule contractor's price list are fair and reasonable. However, the ordering activity is responsible for considering the level of effort, and the mix of labor proposed to perform a specific task being ordered, and for determining that the total firm-fixed price or ceiling price is fair and reasonable.
The ordering activity should then place the order, or establish the BPA, with the Schedule contractor that represents the best value (see FAR 8.404(d)).
After award, the ordering activity should provide timely notification to unsuccessful offerors. If an unsuccessful offeror requests information on an award that was based on factors other than price alone, a brief explanation of the basis for the award must be provided.
At a minimum, the ordering activity must document:
- The Schedule contracts considered; noting the contractor from which the service was purchased;
- A description of the service purchased;
- The amount paid;
- The evaluation methodology used in selecting the contractor to receive the order;
- The rationale for any tradeoffs in making the selection;
- The fair and reasonable price determination required by FAR 8.405-2(d);
- When applicable, the following must be included in addition to the foregoing:
- (i) If an order is in excess of $500,000, the determination of "best procurement approach" made during the planning process in accordance with FAR 17.502-1(a);
- (ii) The rationale for using other than a firm-fixed price order or a performance-based order;
- (iii) When an order exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold and a minimum of 3 offers were not received and considered, evidence of steps taken to meet the competitiveness requirements of FAR 8.405-2(c), documentation demonstrating that the attempts to obtain offers from at least three firms that could meet the requirements were adequate; and
- (iv) Documentation as required by FAR 8.405-6 of the circumstances and rationale for limiting consideration of Schedule contractors to fewer than 3 potential sources, including an approved Limited Source Justification when required.
Contractor Performance Evaluation
Ordering activities must prepare an evaluation of contractor performance for each Schedule contract order that exceeds the simplified acquisition threshold. See FAR 8.406-7 and 42.1502(c). Ordering activities must use agency-approved feeder systems to collect and electronically submit past performance reports to the Past Performance Information Retrieval System (PPIRS).
REMEMBER! Ordering activities placing GSA Schedule contract orders (particularly if governmentwide commercial purchase cards are used), should advise Schedule contractors that they are authorized Schedule users and cite the appropriate GSA Schedule contract number on each ordering document, in order to ensure that they receive Schedule contract services at Schedule contract prices. All services ordered must be within the scope of the GSA Schedule contract.
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LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Motion Picture Association of America announced changes to its movie rating system Tuesday, saying it wants to help parents make informed decisions at the multiplex.
The new system, rolled out as the "Check the Box" campaign, will include prominent descriptions explaining why a movie received its rating. Films that might previously have been stamped PG-13 with a sentence beneath the rating will now feature those same descriptions in large type next to the ratings code.
The changes announced by MPAA CEO Christopher Dodd in Las Vegas on Tuesday come in the aftermath of explosions at the Boston Marathon and recent shooting rampages, though the former U.S. senator did not address such examples directly.
The White House has called on the movie industry help parents monitor violence in media since the elementary school in Newtown, Conn., the state Dodd represented for 30 years as a Democrat until 2011. And in a sweeping proposal this year, President Barack Obama asked specifically for a stricter rating system.
Dodd announced the industry's plan at the annual movie-theater convention CinemaCon and spoke generally about the need to help parents "so they can make the best choices about what movies are right for their children to watch."
The MPAA began issuing ratings descriptions for every film rated PG or higher in 1990. Those descriptions will now feature more prominently.
One example read, "An intense scene of war violence, some images of carnage, brief strong violence."
"We're changing the way they're presented so that they're easier to read," MPAA spokeswoman Kate Bedingfield said.
Some observers had hoped Dodd might use his keynote address to signal to the industry that the MPAA would begin assigning R ratings to all hyper-violent movies, potentially limiting their audience and quashing their box office appeal.
Conservative groups have for years accused the MPAA of "ratings creep," a ratcheting down of ratings in the interest of profits, so that material once considered a PG-13 now gets a PG and what once was an R is now a PG-13.
"I am not moved," said Tim Winter, the president of nonpartisan Parents Television Council "I think this is a distinction without a difference. A cynical view of the announcement today is, How can the MPAA protect themselves and continue a toxic level of violence, especially in PG-13 movies, while providing themselves cover from all the scrutiny?"
Gun control advocacy groups greeted the announcement with a shrug.
The MPAA will bolster the campaign with a public service announcement that will be shown before movies and posters that will appear in theaters across the country. It will also update its green pre-trailer screens to clarify that the trailer is approved for the audience viewing the main feature.
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Sophia Sanchez had one of those ideas that we love to praise.
Ms. Sanchez, a student at Collins High School, decided that as a service project for her JROTC unit that she would set up boxes at each of the polling precincts on Primary Election Day so that voters could donate needed goods to the Shelby County Animal Shelter.
There is no secret that the shelter is full to its howling brim with cats and dogs, and there is a constant need for supplies. Organizations and businesses admirably host events routinely to allow not only visitors to donate to the shelter but also take home a winsome pet that could strike their fancies.
So we don't understand why someone found Ms. Sanchez's idea to be inappropriate, so much so that she – a woman, we are told – called the state elections board rather than Shelby County Clerk Sue Carole Perry to complain.
We don't understand the jealousy and envy that must have driven someone to suggest that this would be a bad thing, to suggest potential legal action.
We don't understand why that someone felt like she had to go over Ms. Perry's head rather than just keep the conversation in Shelby County.
Could it be that the complainer didn't want to take a chance that her name would become public, that she would be recognized, that she would be scorned?
If so, that was her only understandable decision.
Because we believe anyone who would undermine a student's project and selfishly reduce the opportunity for donations to the shelter should be scorned.
We do have to admit that the tactics worked. Ms. Perry was advised by counsel to withdraw her approval of this project and, further, she has said that no such donation plans of any sort can be considered in the future.
Remarkably, Ms. Sanchez has regrouped and will have her fellow cadets at the shelter on Election Day – an off day from school, lest anyone complain – and collect donations.
We suggest that each of you go the extra mile out of your way and drop off supplies that day at Kentucky Street. The animals need your bleach, blankets and food etc., and Ms. Sanchez deserves success for her idea.
Because there should be only one loser in this situation – the woman who called to complain.
Shame on her.
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Pansexual Healing
This biopic of the famous sex researcher Alfred Kinsey gets it right.
The biographical movie is the least-satisfying of film genres, and not because biopics lack intelligence or ambition: They are often thoughtful and almost always a showcase for virtuoso acting. The problem is that they tend to lack a dramatic spine, being organized around such small matters as birth, childhood, marriage (or the want of it), the accomplishment that justifies the biopic in the first place, and death. Chronology is a reliable deadener of drama, and starting in the present and pointedly flashing back to Freudian hot spots fools no one: It's the same spread-out, superficial, literal-minded linearity pretzeled up to impress the Academy. You get some weird constructions, like Ray: a movie shaped along formulaic Oscar-bait lines, to celebrate a triumph over tragic adversity, in which the hero—thanks to honest writing and acting—is a solipsistic shithead. Form and content are rival blood types, fatally incompatible.
And then there are the glorious exceptions, like Kinsey (Fox Searchlight). I'm telling you, this one almost justifies the whole genre. The life, the accomplishments, and the drama somehow coalesce—at least they do in the hands of the writer-director, Bill Condon. The movie boils down, for me, to a single, endlessly reverberating phrase: "Morality disguised as fact." That's what Alfred Kinsey (Liam Neeson) calls sex education in the late 1930s, as he prepares to teach a revolutionary course at Indiana University in "Marriage." The phrase is incendiary even today (especially today!), and it shapes and drives the film: "Morality disguised as fact" warps the young Kinsey as it warped his puritanical father (John Lithgow); it galvanizes the work of the scientist and pioneer sex researcher; and it ultimately consumes the man.
Condon's structure is incisive: Kinsey opens with the mature Kinsey drilling three of his research assistants (Peter Sarsgaard, Chris O'Donnell, and Timothy Hutton) on how to pose questions for a survey of sexual habits—the survey that would ultimately involve thousands of subjects and form the core of the revolutionary 1948 study Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and its female-oriented 1953 sequel. The point, says Kinsey, is to make the subject feel comfortable—because, after all, people could be shamed when they talk, as no one has talked before, about how they masturbate, how they fantasize, how they have sex. Practicing his interviewing techniques on Kinsey, Sarsgaard's Clyde Martin asks about the professor's father—the cue for a look of panic (actually, the first close-up of Neeson in the movie) and a flashback that serves as the first half of the film. Here is the adolescent Kinsey being bullied and shamed by his moralistic dad and then being drilled about the danger to one's brain if one touches oneself sexually. And then comes a nice flourish: Condon slaps his writer-director credit over a shot of young Kinsey in his sleeping bag, endangering his brain something fierce.
It should be said that Kinsey is not a masturbatory movie. It's broadly sympathetic while maintaining a clinician's conscientious detachment. From the beginning, as a researcher specializing in an insect known as the gall wasp, Kinsey fastens on the idea that individuals within species could show an infinite number of variations: In other words, there are no abnormal gall wasps, only millions of diverse little critters to be individually (and obsessively) cataloged. You get a good idea what Clara McMillen (Laura Linney) is up against when she flirts with her reclusive professor on the lawn at lunchtime: She has to justify her intrusion by pointing out that he's the only unattached male and she's the only unattached female in the vicinity.
That courtship scene, in which he ponders the significance of his students' nickname for him—"Prok," for "Professor Kinsey," and she suggests it maybe comes from the fact that they "like him"—makes you laugh while demonstrating how cut off the man is from the rest of the human race. Neeson is very deft, and very delicate, at using his stature to convey that estrangement: He's like Karloff's Frankenstein's monster with a Ph.D. This stunted giant then announces that humans are bigger, more complicated gall wasps. And in the film's buoyant central section, science gallops past the barricades erected (and fiercely reinforced) by morality: We see heads popping up on a map of the United States, each spilling the beans about his or her hush-hush practices behind closed doors. Never has the simple amassing of raw data seemed so subversively elating.
Jonathan Gathorne-Hardy, whose wonderful, chatty biography was a source for Condon's screenplay, writes: "Kinsey felt he could only study [sex] by stripping away all but its physiological functions, first removing moral judgments, second, even harder, emotions and feelings. For both he was ideally equipped psychologically and for both he was savagely criticized." What's inspiring about Kinsey is that it never streamlines this complexity: Its protagonist is a martyr to American moralism, unfairly denounced (and abandoned by his patron, the Rockefeller Foundation) for "insecticizing American womanhood," and a selfish man whose steely exploration of his own bisexuality in the name of science takes a toll on his wife and colleagues. But if it's hard to feel much for Kinsey when he watches, impassive, as a fight breaks out over the wife-swapping within his research team, it's impossible not to share his joy as he wanders, near the end, among California redwoods with his loyal wife, ever-enthralled by the vastness of the natural world.
Kinsey is a stupendously moving film. Neeson nails Kinsey's rock-hard decency and fragile ego, and Linney abets him beautifully: There isn't an actress in movies right now who's more simply alive. Is her character the voice of conventionality? Sometimes, but it's a sensible and vivacious conventionality—a conventionality that recognizes the evolutionary value of family and social responsibility. On the other side, Lithgow brings the anger of Kinsey's father all the way into himself, lashing out with such credible sadism that the character's final shocker—while being interviewed by Kinsey for his study, an invented scene that works like gangbusters—seems like something we should have guessed from the beginning: This guy had some seriously bad parenting himself.
The movie ends with real Kinsey footage of animals (including porcupines) humping, but that's not the most subversive part. It's casting Tim Curry, Dr. Frank-N-Furter himself, as the voice of academic repression—the rival professor who disguises morality as fact. It brings us full circle, doesn't it? Isn't Kinsey, in a way, the father of the man-on-woman, woman-on-monster, monster-on-man pansexual utopia of The Rocky Horror Picture Show? I can see him now, adding his voice to the sum of all voices, singing, "Let's do the time-warp agaaaaaaaiiiin…."


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Opal Pearl Otts Rimmer, 82, of Malvern passed away Friday May 17, 2013
She was born January 25, 1931 in the Glen Rose Community to the late Harry and Eva Allen Otts.
Visitation was held Monday May 20, 2013 from 6:00 until 8:00 PM at Atkinson Funeral Home Chapel. Services will be held Tuesday May 21, 2013 at 2:00 PM at Atkinson Chapel with Rev. Temon Jenkins officiating. Burial will follow at Fairplay Cemetery in Saline County.
Arrangements entrusted to Atkinson Funeral Home of Malvern, AR. Guests may register at www.atkinsonfuneralhome.net.


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Angelina Jolie and Johnny Depp grace the cover of Entertainment Weekly's Holiday Movie Preview issue for their new romantic thriller The Tourist.
According to the magazine, Angelina, 35, and Johnny, 47, met for the first time last November on the set of The Tourist.
"We're both not that social," Angie shared with EW. "I don't think either one of us goes out of our house, especially in France. We're both locked away."
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|Marcia Rice with the War of 1812 Quilt
FGS 2012 Conference, August 2012, Birmingham, AL
Many genealogists know the importance of a "necrology" which would be prepared at year's end and posted in the local newspaper. The list would usually be organized in date order listing who had died, their age and perhaps some other information useful for family history research. A necrology was also a way to pay tribute to those that were lost during the previous year.
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One way that you can honor any person – a loved one, a favorite ancestor, a member of the genealogy community – is by contributing to the Preserve the Pensions - War of 1812 Digitization Fund and utilizing the Honors and Tributes section of the donation form:
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- John Humphrey, 64. A well-known and respected professional genealogist, John's most noted contributions were as an author, educator and speaker. He produced the fifteen-volume Pennsylvania Birth Series, and focused on Pennsylvanian, German, Welsh and Moravian ancestry. Read the full obituary here.
- Kim Kasprzyk, 57. A long-time volunteer with the Illinois State Genealogical Society as well as FGS, Kim was instrumental in the success of the FGS 2011 conference in Springfield, Illinois. Kim was passionate about her family history research and will be missed by many at ISGS and FGS. Read the full obituary here.
- Marcia Rice, 64. A well-known volunteer with various FGS conference and projects, Marcia was loved and respected for her enthusiasm for family history, and the work of various genealogy societies. Marcia passed away suddenly on October 12, 2012. Read the full obituary here.
- Louise B. Stern, 101. The wife of noted genealogist and historian Rabbi Malcolm H. Stern, Louise Bergman Stern passed away in February 2012. The Stern-NARA Gift Fund, administered by FGS, was named to honor the late Rabbi Stern. Read the full obituary here.


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The following article appeared on CNN today. The police investigating a murder case sent a DNA sample to a genealogist, who compared it to results from a genealogy DNA bank. The suspect, if the police theory is correct, is a Mayflower descendant with a certain surname. They are hoping to narrow the field of suspects with this information.
As a former prosecutor, I applaud the innovative thinking involved in this case, and I wish the police success in catching this criminal.
As a genealogist who believes DNA testing is the "future" of family history research, I have concerns that stories like this will scare away people who have worries about the privacy of their DNA results when done for genealogical purposes. I have cousins who are resisting getting their DNA tested, and if they do not, my extended family will lose, forever, the chance to have two male lines of DNA charted. Are their fears so unfounded? I thought so, until I read this article.
From the police methods used here, whether or not a person's DNA is tested would not make a difference. The murderer's DNA would not necessarily be on record--it is his ancestors and relatives who will be responsible in the end for catching him.
Good or bad development? Read and discuss: CNN COLD CASE DNA TRACKING
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John McGuinness might be the King of the Mountain at the Isle of Man, but Michael Rutter is the King of the Streets at Macau. After leading throughout the qualifying and practice sessions, Rutter rode a dominant 10 lap race to claim his eighth win at the Macau GP.
Virtually uncontested during the road race, Rutter finished to comfortably, despite a late-stage charge by Martin Jessop, who put on a show with his charge to second, after a poor start off the line.
"The team gave me a brilliant bike," said Rutter. "The crowds have been fantastic. I enjoy coming here and hope it will keep continuing." Riding for the SMT Racing team on a Honda CBR1000RR, Rutter was teammates with Isle of Man TT star and rival John McGuinness, whose seventh place finish put SMT at the top of Macau's first-ever Team Award.
Rounding out the podium was Simon Andrews, making the post-race celebrations a strictly British affair. Meanwhile, America's main man Mark Miller rode to a respectable fifteenth place finish for the Splitlath Redmond team. Full race results are after the jump.


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The new center in L.A. was finally cleared for 5-on-5 runs. While this new center is being coy about his return date, a couple of rookie centers on the Lakers' roster got down and dirty in the paint with said center:
Poor Robert Sacre and Greg Somogyi, who looked like they just faced basketball hell. They shouldn't worry though. The rest of the league's big men could be mimicking their expressions sooner rather than later.
On an unrelated — totally related — note, it appears that Lakers practices are the place to be:
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Expanded distribution network provides easy access to Keil development tools and accelerates migration from 8-bit to 32-bit designs
CAMBRIDGE, UK – Aug. 15, 2007 – ARM [(LSE: ARM); (Nasdaq: ARMHY)] today announced that ZLGMCU, a leading microcontroller and embedded solutions provider in China and member of the ARM® Connected Community, has been appointed as a distributor of Keil™ development tools. With this agreement, Chinese embedded systems designers will gain easier access to advanced Keil development tools, which enable the rapid design of high-quality microcontrollers based on the ARM7™ and ARM9™ processor families and the Cortex™-M3 processor. Furthermore, engineers in China will also be able to leverage ZLGMCU's expertise in ARM technology-based embedded systems development, as they develop a wide range of ARM Powered® solutions.
"In order to accelerate the development of ARM technology-based system designs, Chinese engineers need flexible and easy access to high-quality development tools," said Prof. Ligong Zhou, CEO, ZLGMCU. "The Keil development tools are easy to learn and use, yet powerful enough for the most demanding embedded applications. Featuring the easy-to-use μVision™ IDE, the Keil development tools provide developers with a feature-rich environment for 8-bit MCUs as well as 32-bit ARM technology-based microcontrollers. This partnership enables us to offer advanced development tools to Chinese engineers, together with our own ARM technology design experience and expertise."
"Deploying advanced development tools is critical for today's embedded systems designs, as developers face intense market demand, as well as the challenges of growing complexity," said Dr. Jun Tan, president, ARM China. "ARM is committed to further extending the distribution network of our Keil development tools, which have been adopted worldwide. ARM is also committed to helping Chinese engineers develop system solutions addressing a wide range of applications more efficiently. The interface compliance of our Keil development tools with the RealView® Microcontroller Development Kit will accelerate engineers' migration from 8-bit to 32-bit MCU designs."
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What are the benefits of becoming a donating member?
What are the benefits of becoming a donating member?
A whole new world of information.
While the main focus of the board is hammocks (not hammock camping as is stated in the introduction and terms of service), the hammock camping information is contained in a forum available only to donating members. Camp kitchen, clothing, cutlery, even paddling...not to mention the off-topic board.
It's well worth it if you want to really get the most out of this forum.
I used to be a somebody, now I just camp.
What ^^^he said! Definitely worth it. You can't SEE what you are missing. There's a whole other world over here.
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Thanks for the info. Is it a one time donation or an annual donation?
Its been worth it to me. Have learned a lot from this site and well worth the cost. And you get a cool tag under your name.
Me thinks it annual.
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Welcome to the Nukapedia News Digest - brought to you by Frankie's Hole - Looking for a good time with good people? You might want to try somewhere else.
In this weeks edition:
From the Administrative Enclave
- LimmieGirl has been promoted to Full Moderator.
- Yes Man has been promoted to Administrator.
- KiwiBird has become a patroller.
Congratulations to our new overlords!
Jspoelstra has nominated himself to become our second Bureaucrat. Have your say here.
Why not check out the administrators page to see if you meet the requirements to take on more - your wiki needs you!
Template Editing Webinar
Last digest I floated the idea of us running a template and coding seminar. It seems great minds think alike - Wikia will be running a seminar later today, and posting it online afterwards.
You can find more on community central. I'll be checking in with people who have registered on our forum to see if we need to run something of our own afterwards drop us a line here if think we need to have our own.
From around the forums
Two Bears High Fiving would like to bring the Capitalisation policy to everyones attention.
Fallout Tidbits
Older members might remember we also had a Fallout Tidbits semi-regular digest as well. I'm incorporating it in the greater Nukapedia News Digest as a trial - if there are any objections/comments/commendations, please drop a note into the comments below.
Artist Adam Adamowicz has passed
I've received an unconfirmed report that Adam Adamowicz has passed.
Adam was a conceptual artist with Bethesda, having worked on both Fallout 3 and Skyrim. Prior to joining Bethesda in 2007 he worked at Jaleco Entertainment where his credits include Goblin Commander and Nightcaster 1 and 2.
More information on Adam can be found on Wikipedia, his blog, on Bethblog and of course his Nukapedia page which includes some of his Fallout 3 work.
Edit: The news has also been reported on the Facebook page of fellow Bethesda employees Fred Zeleny. Thanks KiwiBird for the tip.
Todd Howard's DICE keynote
Bethesda's Creative Director Todd Howard took to the stage at Dice to talk about this, and that. He talks mostly about the game development process, with a focus on skyrim - its 40 minutes long.
Chris Avallone talks Iron Lines/Iron Rivers
The Wasteland Philosopher has been emailing Chris Avallone about the "Iron Lines" Take a look here.
Digest's future
Just a few words on the future of the news digest. With things calming down after the split and no new game in sight, I'm not sure how regular the News Digests are going to be. There will be no more than 1 per week as before, but there might the odd week or two where nothing's published and things held back until there is more to report. That said, if you have news for the digest - perhaps a Fallouty tidbit or perhaps something else, drop me a line on my talk page and I'll include it.
The feedback to Yessie's Nukapedia News Digest logo last week was rather positive. You can see it here on trial again this week, if feedback remains high, I'll consider it a permanent addition. There also didn't appear to be any objections to the new title, again I consider it on trial again this week, and if there's no objection, I'll again consider it a permanent thing.
Relic of the war that wasn't
We seem to have a lot of Rocketeers in the audience judging from last weeks response to the digest, so here's another space themed relic for you.
The "normal" way for people to get around space these day is rockets - get something kinda flamable/explosive, put someone on top in the pointy end and blast - if all goes well you have a space programme. But surely in the second half of the 20th century there's another way, something a little more... Nuclear?
Well Rocketeers, Project Orion is your salvation. Started in 1958 the process seems simple enough to anyone who knows Newton's laws of motion - to each action there must be an equal and opposite reaction - You detonate a nuclear bomb, and let the explosion push you forward - want to slow down, do the same in reverse.
Freeman Dyson (The Dyson Sphere guy, not the vacuum cleaner guy) considers the concept to be one of the few possible ways to build an interstellar spacecraft with current technology.
Unfortunately the Partial Test ban Treaty in 1965 killed any plans to build nuclear powered rockets. But Youtube has a nice explanation on how it might work.
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42 U.S. Code § 7153 - Administration of leasing transfers
The Secretary of the Interior shall retain any authorities not transferred under section 7152(b) [1] of this title and shall be solely responsible for the issuance and supervision of Federal leases and the enforcement of all regulations applicable to the leasing of mineral resources, including but not limited to lease terms and conditions and production rates. No regulation promulgated by the Secretary shall restrict or limit any authority retained by the Secretary of the Interior under section 7152(b) [1] of this title with respect to the issuance or supervision of Federal leases. Nothing in section 7152(b) [1] of this title shall be construed to affect Indian lands and resources or to transfer any functions of the Secretary of the Interior concerning such lands and resources.
In exercising the authority under section 7152(b) 1 of this title to promulgate regulations, the Secretary shall consult with the Secretary of the Interior during the preparation of such regulations and shall afford the Secretary of the Interior not less than thirty days, prior to the date on which the Department first publishes or otherwise prescribes regulations, to comment on the content and effect of such regulations.
The Department of the Interior shall be the lead agency for the purpose of preparation of an environmental impact statement required by section 4332(2)(C) of this title for any action with respect to the Federal leases taken under the authority of this section, unless the action involves only matters within the exclusive authority of the Secretary.
[1] See References in Text note below.
Section 7152(b) of this title, referred to in subsecs. (a) and (b), was repealed by Pub. L. 97–100, title II, § 201, Dec. 23, 1981, 95 Stat. 1407.
1981—Subsec. (c). Pub. L. 97–100 struck out subsec. (c) which afforded the Secretary of Energy the opportunity to disapprove any terms and conditions on which the Secretary of the Interior proposed to issue a Federal lease.
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Last time we "spoke", I suggested a mysterious post was forthcoming. Sorry kids, it just isn't going to happen:( I stumbled upon a few road blocks that I just couldn't over come in time. The most important being there is NO Dragon Fruit in central PA. I drove everywhere! Oh I know, you have no idea what I'm talking about. How could you? I'll spell it out, briefly.
As many of you may already know, Chinese New Year has been in full swing all week. If I have my notes in order, it lasts for about 14 days. (please correct me if I'm wrong) In honor of the occasion, I decided to explore the virtues of Dragon Fruit. Oh, I know the name doesn't sound too appetizing but, according to what I could find out, it taste somewhat like a kiwi of sorts. Enchanted by the night blooming flower which bears the fruit, I went on a quest to see if I could find just one Dragon Fruit in my neck of the woods. No can do. I don't know whether it has anything to do with its exorbitant price ($11-$25.00) or the fact that oddities in food are simply not on the menu in my neck of the woods.
To know what we know, and know what we do not know, is wisdom.
I'm no stranger to huge, fragrant flowers that bloom at night.
The notion of trying a new fruit (new to me anyway) in honor of those who visit my blog was rather enticing. There's another reason. You see, in my travels I discovered that under the rules of the Chinese Zodiac, I was born in the Year of the Water Dragon! How cool is that???
The Chinese Lunar Calendar is 2,640 years older than ours and never begins on January 1st, nor does it begin on the same date each year. It can begin any time between January 21st and February 18th, depending on the date of the New Moon in Aquarius. Each year is named for an animal. Every 12 years this cycle begins again. The Chinese say that the animal ruling the year you were born will influence your life. In 2012, Chinese New Year begins January 23rd and will be the year of the Dragon - or more specifically, the year of the Water Dragon. Every animal of the zodiac has 5 elements associated with it. Because of this, there are five dragons, one for each element. Thus, every twelve years there is a different Dragon. (source)
I'll try to explain. According to Chinese folklore, each new year is named for one of twelve animals. "They are, Rat, Ox, Tiger, Rabbit, Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep, Monkey, Rooster, Dog, and Pig. One legend is that this order was determined through a race in which the rat cheated by standing on the ox's head and jumping off ahead of him as they reached the finish line." Every 12 years the Chinese Zodiac animal cycle begins again. You too can find out what year you were born under in the Chinese Zodiac. Aren't you just a bit curious. Try it. It's real easy but be sure and come back:)
The Dragon Fruit, which also goes by assorted names such as Strawberry Pear, is borne from the fragrant bloom of a cacti plant. In Spanish it is called Pitaya. It is touted as an antioxidant which is truly hidden in this "spectacular" Dragon Fruit Salad. Besides containing high levels of antioxidants, Dragon Fruit, like rose hips, is high in Vitamin C. It is also high in fiber, protein, calcium, iron and phosphorus. Whew! Can you understand why I thought the Dragon Fruit was the perfect fruit to celebrate this Chinese New Year? In Chinese culture, Red Dragon Fruit symbolizes prosperity. It is seen as a lucky charm and is believed to be able to ward off evil spirits too. Today, Dragon Fruit is the leading fruit export of Vietnam. The juice of the Dragon Fruit has even caught the attention of companies such as both Snapple, Tropicana and a few organic companies right here in the USA!
The culinary uses for Dragon Fruit are only limited by the imagination. The inner part of the fruit is filled with a very juicy sweet tasting pulp. It's said to be very refreshing, especially when it has been kept in the fridge. Inside the pulp there are small black seeds. The pulp is GREAT in sorbets. Some say the flower buds, which are enormous, are enjoyed as vegetables. How do you eat a Dragon Fruit? It seems, it's really rather easy and chances are, if you're a fruit lover, you're bound to like it. However, remember, the price can be a bit steep. Despite it's price tag, Dragon Fruit sounds Easy to Grow at Home; Anywhere! (remember my pineapple?:) When you buy a fruit, all you need is the smallest piece attached to the fruit and it can be propagated from vine cuttings into a complete fruit bearing plant! That's how they do it at Disney's Epcot Center!
Are you convinced that you too should seek out the nearest Dragon Fruit? No? How about this? Dragon Fruit is said to be the exotic fruit with anti ageing properties! Just in case you're still wondering "What So Good About Dragon Fruit, I suggest you visit any one of these recipe links I have provided for you to begin your exploration. If I may, begin with the plethora of recipes I found at Tastespotting and go on from there:)
I must apologize for leaving you with all these links. I got so discombobulated while searching for the invincible Dragon Fruit that once again, I plum ran out the time to put this all together for you. I desperately wanted to share a recipe or two but alas, all I can say and do for now is wish everyone Gung Hay Fat Choy! and start my list of February Celebrations:) Cheers!See you Wednesday!
The Legend of the Dragon Fruit: According to legend, The fruit was created thousands of years ago by fire breathing dragons. During a battle when the dragon would breathe fire the last thing to come out would be the fruit. After the dragon is slain the fruit is collected and presented to the Emperor as a coveted treasure and indication of victory. The soldiers would then butcher the dragon and eat the flesh. It was believed that those who feasted on the flesh would be endowed with the strength and ferocity of the dragon and that they too would be coveted by the Emperor.
It is written that the dragon's flame originates deep within its body near the base of its tail. The meat from this part of the dragon was the most desirable and most sought after portion. Only the officers of each division would be privy to this cut of meat. The ancient Chinese called this cut the "jaina," which translates literally to "the sweetest and best tasting."The jaina was treasured by all who were privileged enough to taste it, and it is believed that man's thirst for the jaina is what led to the destruction and eventual extinction of all of the dragons.(source)
P.S. For those of you who have never "met" Lottie Moon, may I suggest you visit my wikipedia worthy post I did about her a few years ago. (Imagine my surprise when I discovered my link for Lottie Moon; (aka The Cookie Lady) at wiki. Thank you whom ever you are:) From The Lottie Moon Cook Book:
Born in Virginia on December 12, 1840, Lottie (short for Charlotte) Digges Moon was raised in a family "of culture and means" rooted in a deep foundation of Christian Faith and missionary devotion. She would grow to become one of the world's most well known missionaries, mostly in rural China, and became a tireless advocate for support of foreign missions. Though she stood just 4'3" tall, she laid a foundation for solid support for missions among Southern Baptists.
1. Chinese New Year Crime Fiction: Gung Hay Fat Choy
1. Dragon Fruit Jam & Lemon Marmalade Jam (Kristy's My Little Space)
2. Red Pitaya & Strawberry Popsicle (another from Kristy)
3. Exotic Fruit Chutney (Chef Hari Nayak)
4. Dragon Shrimp Salad (another from Chef Hari Nayak)
5. Dragon Fruit Salad with Strawberries (Pitaya) (Kitchen Grrrls)
6. Strawberry & Dragon Fruit Tartlets (Smoky Wok)
7. Salad of Dragon Fruit, Pomegranate & Macadamia w/ Creamy Mint & Lime Dressing and Dragon Fruit Creme Dessert
8. Coconut Lemongrass-Braised Chicken with Pink Fettuccine
9. Dragon Fruit Caipirinha
10. Dragon Fruit Jelly (Delicious Asian Food)
11. Seared Scallops with Dragon Fruit Salsa (Food Network)
12. How To Make Your Own Dragon Fruit Beer


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Introduction: In this article, to celebrate today being National Arbor Day, Mary Harrell-Sesniak explores the family tree—and some of the stories—of the legendary Johnny Appleseed. Mary is a genealogist, author and editor with a strong technology background.
In honor of today being National Arbor Day, let's explore the life, legacy and ancestry of John Chapman, who is more widely known by his nickname "Johnny Appleseed" (26 September 1774 – 18 March 1845). Although the famous American arborist never had children of his own, his New England ancestry has several items of interest.
Johnny Appleseed's Family
Born as John Chapman in Leominster, Massachusetts, Johnny was the son of Nathaniel and Elizabeth (Simonds) Chapman, who married on 8 February 1770. (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Appleseed.)
He had one older sister, Elizabeth, and a younger brother named Nathaniel (or Nathanael), both named after their parents. Johnny shares a name with his grandfather John Chapman (1714 – 1761), who passed away about 13 years prior to his birth.
Johnny's life with his mother was short-lived. She died in 1776 shortly after giving birth to his brother Nathaniel.
Familysearch.org has several references to Johnny Appleseed's family tree in their databases:
- His mother Elizabeth Simonds was born on 2 February 1748/49, the daughter of James and Anna Lawrance (or Lawrence). James and Anna's marriage occurred in Woburn, Massachusetts, on 12 May 1740. (See https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ8X-ZMW and https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FHVV-F6B.)
- Johnny's father Nathaniel Chapman was born on 13 September 1746 in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, the son of John and Martha Chapman. From other research, we learn that Martha's maiden name was Perley. (See https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/F4GG-GGQ.)
- Johnny's sister Elizabeth was born in Leominster, Massachusetts, on 18 November 1770. Johnny was born there on 26 September 1774. The birth of his brother Nathanael on 26 June 1776 was also in Leominster. (See https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ8X-4VJ and https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FZ8K-JHT.)
Within the context of history, several events framed the circumstances in the family's life—most notably the American Revolution and the settling of Ohio.
Johnny's father Nathaniel was a Minuteman who fought at the Battle of Concord on 19 April 1775, and later served in a more official capacity.
Four years after his mother died, Johnny's father remarried. On 24 July 1780 Nathaniel Chapman married his second wife: Lucy Cooley, daughter of George and Martha (Hancock) Cooley. Lucy became the maternal figure in Johnny's life, but since she bore an additional 10 children, her focus may not have been on Johnny. (See https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/FC8R-64G.)
Johnny's Younger Life & First Plantings
No documents chronicle the facts of Johnny's younger life, despite much having been written speculating about his passion for apple trees. Some theories are that his father, a farmer, instilled a love of trees in his son—resulting in Johnny becoming the nation's premier nurseryman/arborist on the frontier.
Johnny lived a life of devout faith and considered himself a missionary of Swedish native Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 – 1772). (See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emanuel_Swedenborg.)
Some accounts report that Johnny used apple seeds from Potomac cider mills for his first plantings, located in the Wilkes-Barre area of Pennsylvania. He may have lived in Pittsburgh around 1794 during the time of the Whiskey Rebellion—a farmers' uprising against paying taxes on the whiskey they made from grain and corn.
As land opened up the family ventured west to the frontier of Ohio, settling in Monroe Township. Johnny is thought to have joined them by 1805, although he may have gone there earlier, planting apple trees. Some trees he gave away, or bartered to pioneer settlers for useful implements. When he sold trees, it was reportedly for the sum of a "fippenny" or "fip-penny-bit," the equivalent of about six cents a tree—as explained in this newspaper article.
Fact or Fiction: Was Johnny Appleseed Truly an Eccentric?
After his death, newspapers described Johnny as an eccentric with shabby dress. Some accounts report that he used a tin pot as a hat, and these descriptions are colorful, if somewhat exaggerated. For example, this 1891 newspaper article states:
One of the quaintest, queerest and most original characters that ever trod the trackless wastes of the western wilderness was Jonathan Chapman, known as old Johnny Appleseed…His pinched and grizzled features were covered by a growth of very shaggy beard. His hair was quite long and very much faded by constant exposure to wind and weather…But old Johnny's crowning glory was an old tin mush pot that had a long handle. This battered old culinary utensil he wore for a hat.
This 1857 newspaper article describes how Johnny purchased his seeds in large quantities from nurseries near the Ohio River.
Johnny's Death
Johnny Appleseed died on 18 March 1845, at the age of 70. A transcription of his obituary from the Fort Wayne Sentinel of 22 March 1845 was located at the Obit of the day website. It seems to confirm that the old adage from Benjamin Franklin was really true: "An apple a day keeps the doctor away!"
Appleseed's obituary states:
In the most inclement weather he might be seen barefooted and almost naked except when he chanced to pick up articles of old clothing. Notwithstanding the privations and exposure he endured, he lived to an extreme old age, not less than 80 [70] years at the time of his death—though no person would have judged from his appearance that he was 60.
Are You Related to Johnny Appleseed?
If you're a plant lover or self-described arborist, I'd like to plant some seeds about kinship to Johnny Appleseed. He has ancestral connections to many early American settlers of the Northeast. According to numerous online family trees, the surnames in Johnny's extended family include:
- Barker
- Blodgett
- Carter
- Chandler
- Chapman
- Davis
- Dresser
- Eggleton
- Fowle
- Green
- Jasper
- King
- Lawrence
- Morse
- Perley
- Phippen or Phipping
- Richardson
- Simonds or Symonds
- Smith
- Stearns
- Stone
- Tarbell
- Thorley
- Trumbull
- Walter
And if you explore reports of his famous cousins, Johnny Appleseed is connected to many former residents of our nation's White House, including: First Lady Abigail (Smith) Adams, John Quincy Adams, Barbara (Pierce) Bush, George H. W. Bush, George Bush, Calvin Coolidge, Lucretia (Randolph) Garfield, Richard Nixon and William Howard Taft.
In addition, Famouskin.com reports a kinship relationship with suffragette Susan B. Anthony, nurse Clara Barton, Wild Bill Hickok, actress Raquel Welch, and Walt Disney, among others.
For more information on John Chapman's life, see:
Johnny Appleseed's Last Surviving Tree
Since Johnny had no progeny of his own, it seems appropriate to commemorate his last surviving tree. This 1961 newspaper article has a long feature on Johnny which I recommend reading, including a picture of "the last surviving apple tree planted by Johnny Appleseed."
I hope you'll celebrate National Arbor Day by eating an apple or drinking cider. Who knows—the fruit may be a descendant from one of Johnny Appleseed's famous trees!
If you're related to John Chapman, please tell us how your family is connected in the comments section.